Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues ... to objects that are ...

The recent IMSA racing debut of the Aston Martin Valkyrie was a reminder of the enduring appeal to vehicle makers of model names taken from ancient mythologies and religions. We’re not sure that it’s ...

The Seven Wonders of the World are often seen as the pinnacle of human architecture and the perfect form of engineering, that ...

In ancient Greece and Rome ... wrote Meilan Solly for Smithsonian magazine in 2022. The myth of the all-white Greco-Roman sculpture persisted after Johann Winckelmann, an 18th-century art ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been ... found a coin decorated with an image of the god Neptune holding a trident.

Ancient Egyptians were ruled by a leader called a pharaoh and worshipped many different gods. Today ... most famous female rulers of all time. She convinced the Roman emperor Julius Caesar ...

All three went on to be worshiped as gods. These famous examples ... responsible for the religiosity of the Roman people, like the king in ancient times. He also joined all the most important ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, you might assume that the close relations ... A translation note observes that all of these are forms of malicious magic. The focus of this spell is the ritual drowning ...

Until now, archaeologists believed the helmet made its way to Britain from Sweden. But a new discovery casts doubt on the ...